Lot #: 322
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, Stamped "HAXSTUN & CO. / FORT EDWARD, N.Y.," circa 1875, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a heavily-detailed chicken pecking kernels of corn from a stylized ground. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Long T-shaped hairline and a second long very faint line on reverse. Minor chips on interior of rim. Minor nicks to one handle. Spots of staining. Tight Y-shaped crack on underside, continuing onto base, where it forms a second Y.
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